Developed from a few scrawls on the wall of Holden’s then-new Technical Centre, awards and accolades quickly followed its release, with the new HK Monaro coupe taking out Wheels magazine’s Car of the Year award in 1968, also winning Holden its first Bathurst and backing it up the following year in the updated HT.

Initially lean and lithe, the Monaro aged like Elvis, getting fatter as the years went on. Technically the Monaro-badged coupe bowed out in 1975 with the HJ Monaro GTS, while nameplate lived-on for a tad longer on the HX GTS Monaro sedan until late in 1977.

The Monaro name returned officially in 2001 with the V2 CV8 Monaro, going through several different interations and also being exported overseas badged as either a Pontiac or Vauxhall, until bowing out with the rest of the VZ range in 2006 to make way for the new VE platform.

Features

History of the Holden Monaro part three – V2, VZ

In part three of our 50 years of Holden Monaro feature, we look at the new-gen series V2 & VZ

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History of the Holden Monaro part two – HQ, HJ, HX, HZ

In part two of our 50 years of Holden Monaro feature we go back to the ’70s era, starting with the mighty HQ through to the HZ

8 years ago

Features

History of the Holden Monaro part one – HK, HT, HG

Fifty years after Holden spawned its monster Monaro, we trace its time-staggered trajectory from local icon to global sensation

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Features

Resto-mod 434-cube Holden HK Monaro GTS

Shaun Braybrook’s resto-mod Holden HK Monaro GTS goes twice as hard as it did 50 years ago

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Carnage

Carnage Plus Episode Ten – Old V8 Supercars at Glenlyon Motors

Checking out some old school muscle cars at Glenlyon Motors

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Street Machine TV

HT Monaro on a Nissan Patrol chassis – Video

Shane Tapscott’s HT Monaro four-wheel drive looks like something from a Mad Max set

8 years ago

Dyno TV

Eight-second Monaro blows intake manifold making 1200rwhp on the dyno – Video

Chris McDonald’s eight-second twin-turbo small-block powered Holden Monaro on the dyno at MotorEx

8 years ago

Features

Mario Attard’s Holden muscle car collection – My Shed

Holden collector Mario Attard and his den of angry lions

8 years ago

Drag Challenge

Andrew Valentine’s 10-second HQ Monaro at Drag Challenge Weekend 2018

Andrew Valentine’s HQ Monaro is a genuine GTS that sees plenty of street time and cuts low 10s at the track

8 years ago

Features

Quit Holden on – Blowin’ Gaskets

A despondent Dave Carey reckons it’s finally time to let the Lion sleep tonight

8 years ago

Features

1971 Holden HQ GTS Monaro – Reader’s car

Dale Ryan has always had a passion for old Holden muscle cars, especially the HQ

8 years ago

Summernats

Rusty blown 350 Chev-powered HQ Monaro

This blown Chev-powered rusty HQ Monaro was a real head turner at Summernats 31

8 years ago

News

Toyota 2JZ-powered Holden Monaro CV6 for sale

This Toyota 2JZ swapped Holden Monaro could be yours

8 years ago

News

Holden HT GTS Monaro For Sale – Only $20,000!

Finally, here’s an HT Monaro you can afford – and a genuine GTS, no less! There’s only one catch…

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Street Machine TV

Street cars at Calder Park – Video

Highlights from last Friday’s drag racing street meet at Calder Park

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Drag Racing TV

Lights Out 3 Highlights – Video

Sydney Dragway’s Lights Out 3 went off with a huge variety of cars grudge racing down the eighth-mile

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Features

400-cube small-block Chev-powered 1970 Holden HT Monaro GTS

George Stathopoulos creates a 400ci stealth missile from an unloved HT

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Street Machine TV

Shannons Melbourne Late Summer Classic Auction Preview – Video

Classic Australian, American and European cars set to go under the hammer at the Shannons Melbourne auction next week

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Features

1973 Holden HQ GTS Monaro MENT1L – reader’s car of the week

Shaun Scerri’s blown HQ Monaro GTS

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Summernats

Wild Holden HQ Monaro at Summernats – BANG ON

Shaun Horton’s wild chopped and blown custom HQ Monaro was a Summernats 31 Grand Champion contender

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